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Married Froe Of Charge.

A couple of negroes applied to a Rich
mond (Ky.) Squire to be married. They
had license, but no money with which to
pay the Squire. He at first refused to
unite them. They insisted they had no
money. They begged hard and long, and
proclaimed loudly their love for each 9th
or. The tender-hearted Squire finally
succumbed, and married them in the fol.
lowing manner: civilian Martin, do you
love this woman, and do you take her to be
your lawful and welded wifew Answer
eyes, boss" "Amanda Best, do you
love this man, and do you take
him to be your lawful and welded
husband?" Answer, by a grunt.
Then, by the authority vested in me by
the laws Of the State of Kentucky, pro
nounce you husband and wife, and may
the Lord bless you and keep you from
freezing this winter. as you have nothing
70 live on but love-" 1t took about twenty
seconds.
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Rctter Fight IT Out.

A gentleman who had little daughter
of very inquisitive turn of mind invited
a friend to dine with him. It Glanced
that the friend had just been divorced
from his wife, and little Annie, who had
heard something about it, was curious to
know more. "Why didn't you bring
your wife with you, Mr.. Todd?" asked
Annie, when they were all seated at the
table. The guest blushed and stammered,
and said he hadn't any now. Then Annie,
in spite of admonitory scowls from papa
and mamma, continued; "What did you
get divorced from her for?" "Well, An
ME, don't you think it BETTER" asked Mr..
Todd, "when two people can't live hap.
PLY together they should separated" "No,
DON'T" answered the child. 81 think it
is better to fight it out; that's the way
papa and mamma do"
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HORSES IN WINTER.
Duties Which Every Farmer Owes III
Most Faithful Friends.

Duties Which Every Farmer Owes Hi
Most Faithful Friends.
The horse is the most noble ANNA
OH the farm, and his welfare needs
studying by the farmer so that his
wants may be fully understood; and
when any thing goes wrong that the
remedy may be applied at once. dc
not believe in continually pouring
medicine down his throat, however,
any more than down his masters.
Nature and rest will often effect cures
if given the chance Good care and
judicious feeding should be given il
one desires good-looking and healthy
animals.
A great many farmers feed toe
much hay and too little grain, esps,
cially in winter know of one man
who some years ago kept his horse eat
ing hay nearly all of the time, and she
was thin flesh. Nearly every time
he went to the barn, if her
hay was nearly gone he would
put another forkful into the man ger
to make sure she had enough to eat.
He fed but little grain, however.
Finally he changed the progra mme
somewhat, by feeding regularly three
times day and giving little more
grain. when the mare began to gain.
A great many horses have been
ruined, by improper feeding in the
winter season.
On great many farms there is but
little work to be done in the winter
season. SO the horses are allowed to
stand in the barn most all of the time,
devouring great quantities of hay. and
receiving but little care and exercise.
This practice needs to be changed.
Do not overfeed, and be sure that the
horses receive proper exercise, even
if you have to hitch them up for moth
ing els, than to give your wife a
pleasant sleigh-ride. No matter il it
is every day, she will appreciate it.
Have the horse well groomed every
day, and twice day, if used. After
a days work l make practice of
grooming mine even if it is quite late
at night I enjoy washing up ind
combing my hair when coming in,
and my horses enjoy the same treat.
ment. 1t is duty we owe them "
| Cor. Farm and Home,
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".rust Hear mat cbild screamm

said Mrs. Smith to her sister, Mrs. Davis,
as the sound Of child's shrieks came
across the garden from a neighbours house.
'What kind of woman have you for a
neighbor! Does she abuse her children?"
''No, indeed" replied Mrs. Davis. 'She is
one Of the most tender mothers in exist
ence. But you see, she believes in the old
fashioned styles Of doctoring. When a
child needs physic, she fills spoon with
some nauseous dose, lays the little victim
fat on her lap, holds his nose till he is
forced to open his mouth for breath, when
down goes the dreadful mess. Then come
the yells." 'tNo wonder" said Mrs. Smith.
"Why doesn't she use DR.. Pierce's Pleas ant
Purgative Pellets! They are effective
without being harsh, and are as easy to
take as sugar plums. I always give them
to my children" "And so do II said Mrs.
Davis
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-12-28
A Ghast'y Drinking Cup.

Only few years since the skull of
suicide was used in Caithness as drink.
ing cup for the cure of epilepsy. DIT.
Arthur Mitchell knows OF case IN which
the body of such one was disinterref
in order to obtain her skull for this
purpose.
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"A farmer in Maryland claims to
have recently Seed flock of part
r;dg s paddle acros, q stream of
water like SO many ducks. In proof
If his story he exhibits six of the
cartridges which he caught before
they could leave the water.
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Say the cavillers, but we have observed
that she usually attends genuine merit. She
has been the faithful handmade of Hostel
ter's Stomach Bitters from an early epoch
in its career. That is because the American
and other enlightened people have perceived
kidney and bladder complaints, dyspepsia,
constipation, debility and nervous troubles.
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A DELICATE Delaware man refuses to have
bis mother-in-law live with him because
she doesn't agree with him.-Harper's
Bdzdr.
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WHITE caps--the nurses. --Puek.

IT was lucky thing for Noah Webster
that he didn't have chance to employ a
caligraph operator when he got up his SPELL
ing book.-Hercha Traueler
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For CoUGHs AND THROAT DISORDERS use
Browa's Bronchial 1roches -"Have never
changed my mind respecting them, except
think better of that which began think
ing well of."-Rev. Henry Ward Beecher.
Sold only in boxes
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The waves of old ocean are by no means
ready to sleep when they put their white
caps on--N o. Picayuae.
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THE plea of the financially embarrassed
swain is Love me little, love me short p
Merchant Irdyelr
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A NUMBER Of compositors have been az
rested in Vienna for being Anarchists They
were probably driven to itby editorials on
political economy-Merchant Trdue.er.
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THE petrified body Of man was found
In well in Iowa the other day. He might
be called well-preserved man, anyhow
TEXAS SiftinGS
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ONE dosen't like to be stared in the face,
except, possibly, when it is victory that
does it-HGrper's Bdzar.
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The new umbrella has match box in the
handle Many nice parasols are mere match
making devices themselves Duluth Para.
orapher.
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A BOY Tout at the elbows was asked the
cause, and replied: II laughed in my
sleeves until burst them"
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THE cleansing, antiseptic and healing
qualities Of DR.. Sage's Catarrh Remedy are
upeoualled
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A wE1L-w1sHER is one who invests in oil
TERRITORY Teas SiftiagS.
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! DELICATE !
| DISEASES.

To those acquainted vii
to say that the Invalids' I
branch establishment soc4e
England, have, for many E
the most largely patrOni4
the world for the treatnt
arise from youthful indisf
We, many years ago, et,
treatment Of these diseak'
the most skillful physicifl
that all who apply to us Mi
Council of the most exp6j
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NOT all men are brutes, but an old topper
reminds US of rye-noceroR-Dututh Pdrd-
9rapher.
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A CASE of fine liquor has been known to
develop into case OF dellrlum jams
Washington Critic.
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THE nearest Of kin-the napkin. It's our
bosom friend.-E1change
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A MANS temper is one of the few things
which improve by disuse, Boston Z Transcript
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WHEN is u. s. bond like tavern? When
It is called in.-Teras Sittiasgs.
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MONEY is 80 tight now that some people
haven't even any loose change.
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The Little Seed.

A little seed lay in the carter's path;
A little shoot bowed in the strong winds wrath;
A little shrub grew, by its roots held fast;
Then stout tree braved all the winters blast.
A little cough started-'twas only light;
A little chill shivered the hours Of night;
A little pain came and began tc grow,
Then consumption laid ali his brave strength low.
Be wise in time. Check the little cough,
cure the little chill, dispell the little pain,
ere the little ailment becomes the strong,
unconquerable giant of disease. DIR. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery, taken in time, is
q remedy for these ills.
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| little cough star.ed-'twas only light;
Fortune is Tickle,

3s1R, every word you speak is a lie. .
Right you are, my pretty miss. "--FHegends
Blatter
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We Submit Facts

In regard to Hoods Sarsaparilla as a remedy for
rheumatism, and ask you If you are afflicted with
this disease to try thcSnodieine which has great
ly benefited Others HundfSas of people who suf-
fered the fortunes Of en. even in its sever.
est forms, have beer Serfes5X cured by Hoods
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the acdity Of the blood. which IA the cause Of the
disease and gives strength and vtgor to every part
of the body.
"My wife has been troubled a long time with In.
fammatory rheumatism, and was SO bad last spring
that it hard work for her to walk. She derived
more real help from taking four bottles of Hoods
Sarsaparilla than from any other medicine she has
taken" JOSEPH F. GREEN. Dayton, o.
fused Hoods Sarsaparilla last Spring. and can
truly say it helped me very much. To those suffer.
ing with bilious complaints, nervous prostration or
rheumatism earnestly recommend it." MRS. e.
CARPENTER, Z alamazoo, Mich.
Hoods SarsapariIIa
Sold by all druggists. 81; six for S. Prepared By
ILL HOOD CO., Apothecaries, Lowell, Mass.
100 Doses One Dollar
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diseases contract them iiiocen,
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we cannot imagine. WIFI any
than most honorable to fure
we cannot understand; ad ye
afilict mankind there is ptbabl
general practice know so title.
heretofore, to treat with on best
all applicants who are Sufif ring ,
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EVEN at ST., 900 year Judges life is full
of trials ---Drake's Magazine.
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Illustrated Treatise.
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SURGICAL
. PRACTICE.

Our SPECIALISTS, remove cataraS
ness. They also straighten /
when needed. Many Ovaria
Uterus are arrested in growt
with other means of our inv1
cutting operations in these cas-
Especially has the success q
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tuned Perineum, been alike g
patients. Not less SO have bee
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services of |
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Organic
decline Oh
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of will-pd
dred afed
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CAUTION.

made (which can only be ascert
microscopical examination of th
curative in one stage or conditio
in others. We have never, theref
for general sale through druggi
diseases, although possessing yer.
well from an extensive eXperienl
full course is to carefully determi
each case by a chemical and M
urine, and then adapt our medici
ease and condition of our patient
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the home physicians has
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vate. Send ten cents In {
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| STRUCTURE.

of inexperienced physicians and s,
urinary fistulae, and other compile
relief and cure. That no case of
skill of our specialists is proved
trated treaties on these maladies, tc
intrust this class of cases to phys
dangerous proceeding. Many q mt
doing, while thousands annually lo
treatment. Send particulars of 70
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maladies, written in ,
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wei |
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pamphlets on nervous dses any Of which viii be sen
ten postage samphen request for them accomp
with statement Of consultation, that may
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UuC uHEVE
through !,
display &C
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and unu1il
of the skill
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affecting the liver and other
tions to the process of diges
infrequently mistaken by DO
maladies, and treatment is en-
disease which Goes not exist.
of the Digestive Organs will
ten cents in hostage Stamps.
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By original system Of diagnosis treat many chronic
diseases just successfully without as with personal
While always glad PATIENTS and
acquainted with them them institutions
them with system of treatment have
il five hundred whom have The
particulars in init their IS yer p az a appears
Take example, the electro telegraph the greatest
invention Of the Is it not marvellous degree OF accuracy
cable nearly three thousand miles long,? Our venerable
weather has become thoroughly familiar with
the elements Of nature that be accurately
predict their movements He sit In Washington and foete
what the weather will be in Florida New York well if
miles did not intervene between him and tho
places named. And all departments of modern SCIENCE
what is required Is the knowledge of certain
... y. Signs. From these scientists dedlce accurate
ShS f clsons regardless of distance So ALSO in medi
~ 4 cal science, diseases have certain unmistakabo
SaS
tenn of determining with the greatest accuracy,
the nature Of chronic Diseases without seeing and personally
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STRICTURES AND Inn

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the nature of diseased Cd
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ment of such affections a 81
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knees, nervous debility, premature
manly powers, involuntary vital
/ memory, mental anxiety, ab6enco
melancholy, weak back, and kim
are speedily, thoroughly and per.
If institutions, iels hardly necessary
i and Surgical Institute, with the
1t No. 8 New Oxford Street, London,
70, enjoyed the distinction of being
ny widely celebrated institutions III
aid cure of those affections which
on and pernicious, solitary practices.
lised a special Department for the
u4er the management of some Of
an surgeons on our STAFF, In order
t leeiye all the advantages Of q full
lcs specialists.
r d apology for devoting 10 much
tothis neglected class OF diseases,
ndc0nditiOn of humanity Is too
tofmerit the sympathy and best
{ th noble profession to which We
,enS. Why any medical man, intent
lg Altering, should shun such cases,
ny me should consider It otherwise
70 6e worst cases of these diseases.
yaOf all the other maladies which
abllnone about which physicians In
lie. Ne shall, therefore, continue, a.
Reconsideration, sympathy, and skill,
NJ pm any Of these delicate diseases.
theA cases can be treated when at q
)us1s well as II here in person.
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Ihnner. by our Surgeon-special-
les are safely removed from the
ming, washing and pumping them
ing the great danger OF cutting.
rom the eye, thereby curing blind
and iusert artificial ones
and also Fibroid Tumors Of the
nd cured by electrolysis, coupled
ion. whereby the great danger Of
is avoided.
ur improved operations for vari-
Lured Cervix Utcri, and for Rup.
flying both to ourselves and our
he results Of numerous operations
aal, 8 condition in the femf {e gen.
{ Sterility, and the cure of (which,
!. removes this commonestQof linz
(pring.
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The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1887-02-10
Nashville.

NASHVILLE, Tenn, Feb. 9.-Frank
Smiths appointment as superintend-
ent OF public instruction will be taken
up by the senate in executive session
tomorrow morning. 1t will be con-
firmed. 1t is understood that but five
or six senator's will oppose him.
Gov. Taylor will send in his mes
sage tomorrow morning, 1t covers
about 1000 words, while Bates cover
ed $4,000
In the joint convention W. D. Hen
derson, Of McMinn, was elected regis
ter for the Hiawassee district; D. I
Brown, of Cumberland, for the Noun
tain district, and J. w. Gales, of Madi
son, for the Western district.
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Pardoned by the Governor.

NASHVILLE, Jan. 5.-Wm. Spence
was to-day pardoned out of the peni-
Tertiary by Gov Taylor. Over three
years ago Spence, who was over seven
ty, walked up behind his son-in-law,
E. S. Wheat, and shot him, killing
him instantly. He was tried and SEN
fenced to death, his sentence beng al
forwards committed to life imprison-
ment and again in January OF last
year to FIVE years. Thousands of peo-
pile all over the State have from time
to time petitioned for Spence's pardon.
There being provocations of the gray
est kind that Spence's pride and de-
sire for the preservation of his family
honor demanded at the time Of the tri-
al should not be laid bare to the wo rid
Mrs. Wheat herself joined the petit
ton. The pardon was surprise to
Spence, and he was overjoyed.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1887-02-10
LittIelOn Elected.

NASHVILLE, Feb. Sat the special
election held here to-day to elect a
member Of the lower house Of the gen
eral assembly, vice Connette resigned,
John j. Littleton, republican, was
elected over NJ, j. Hanley, democrat,
nearly two to one Less than six
thousand votes were polled in the
county. In four wards Of the city the
polls were not opened at all. The en-
tire city, with nine county districts
out of twenty-lour, gives Littleton p
672, Hanley 1899, John w. Johnson
"a
Very few members Of the legislature
are on hand, and it is probable that
neither house will have quorum to-
morrow.
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sickness i'm the Country.

Reports from the country indicate
that there is at this time more than
the usual amount Of sickness prevail
ing. Most Of these troubles seem to
arise from an impure condition of the
blood, caused by an excessive secretion
of bile. This causes feyers OF bill
ious character, and we regret to say
that in some places it has proved very
fatal We therefore offer this graf
uitous advice to those not yet afflicted ];
Keep your liver in healthy condition,
and your blood rich and pure. Good
blood means good health, whilst bad
blood bad health. Harris Blood and
Liver Pills are entirely vegetable and
are just the pills needed at this season
OF the year.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1887-02-10
AN AWFUL DISASTER.
FIFTY LIVES LOST IN A NEW ENGLAND
RAILROAD ACCIDENT

FIFTY LIVES LOST IN A NEW ENGLAND |
RAILROAD ACCIDENT.
The most terrible railroad accident
in the history OF Northern New Eng
land occurred early Saturday morning
near Westloek, VT, on the Central
Vermont Railroad. The road begins
at Bellows Falls, with through con-
nections from Boston. 1t follows the
Connecticut river to White River
Junction, where the White river flows
into the Connecticut. From the
junction the railroad runs up the
White River Valley. At Woodstock,
an abandoned station, about miles
from White River junction it crosses
the White river. 1t was at this point
that the accident, which resulted in
the loss of probably fifty lives, occur
red The river here is wide but shall
low, there being seldom more than 5
feet of water in the bed of the stream.
the country is a rugged and billy one
which makes it necessary for the rail
road to cross the river and the numer-
Gus ravines which branch out from it
at high elevation.
The Inflated train left Boston at
O'Clock on Friday evening, At White
River Junction it was an hour and a
half late. The bridge crossing the
river at the old Woodstock Station is
a wooden truss structure about sixty
feet high. Just before reaching the
bridge a broken rail was struck. The
engine, baggage and postal cars pass
ed over all right and crossed the
bridge. Two passenger cars and two
sleepers jumped the track and raj
along on the ties, finally plunging owe
the stone abutment to the frozen rive
far beneath, The ice was very thicl
and did not break. The cars wer
smashed, pinning many of the passen
gers under heavy timbers and debris
Some OF them were killed outright
Others were consumed by the flames
which rapidly spread among the brC
-, ken cars.
The scene which followed was terri
BILE in all its phases. Help was slow i
reaching the wild spot, and the sever
> ity OF the weather added to the suffel
. ing Of the injured. AS nearly as ca
be estimated about fifty people wer
killed by the shock or burned to deatl
but the bodies of only a few can b
recognized. Parts of forty-one bodiC
:. have already boon taken from tn
e wreck.